Why are you being insulting and not being objective?
Only in providing answers that are coming solely from within your head.
This is just an insult and not anything useful. You are showing how close minded you are and, how you only care for consoles and not in favor of PC's
Now lets get to being objective shall we
With all respect, Kayden you need to take a step back and reconsider if it really makes any sense to put up these type of wild conjectures. If you don't think that damages the credibility of your otherwise understandble annoyance.
Look if you have valid point bring it up. In Kayden's original post he quoted Rob Williams
NVIDIA Talks PC Gaming Trends
Please point out where, ANY WHERE in that article where is says that consoles are better than PCs.
The 360 is over 8 years old from a development point of view and, much older from a market point of view. There is no way that Microsoft put a brand new 2003 video processor to put in its new Xbox.
Now as for the 360 technology here is a link to history of it.
Xbox 360 wiki
I am quoting: "On August 12, 2003, ATI signed on to produce the graphic processing unit for the new console, a deal which was publicly announced two days later."
So when they started making the designs for the 360 it was based on a 2003 market, now I can tell you for a fact that the video card in the 360 is not from a 2003 PC based video card. I had bought the best one that year for a PC and the 360 did not compare to the PC even at that the time of its release.
This is what the graph shows from 2005, but even by those standards it was already old.
Now lets get into direct X.
Direct X 9 was released in 2002,
Direct X 9.1c was released in 2004 which is not compatible for Xbox 360.
Now why would a company who is dedicated to consoles make an engine that its flagship console platform can't run?
One answer, they wanted to make money. Like everyone does.
And by 2007 the 360 was already so out dated that not even the direct x 10 engine MADE BY MICROSOFT (who makes the 360) could run on the 360 again, no support for future, even if it's in house and they know about.
But that further drives home the fact that consoles are OLD AND OUTDATED even from the company who makes direct X.
Now lets get into the engine.
The 360 uses the unreal 3 engine which began development in early 2005 or 2004, however it was announced in 2005, link alert!
Midway Games: Unreal Engine 3 Licensing Interview
Now this was good for the time but today we have higher standards.
-More than 16 people in Multiplayer
-Better graphics
-Destructible buildings in real time
-On and on and on and on that are limitations to these consoles.
I could get more into all the limitations of the engine but I don't need to because there are so many reviews that drive this home already.
Now I will get into the new standards of PC gaming.
So lets talk about a game that is actually made for the PC then ported to console. Which is the way it should be.
Battlefield 3, go back to the top and click for Rob's original review because it has some great BF3 images there. Link alert!
Battlefield 3 will need monster rig to run on ultra settings
This new configuration needed for BF3 is extremely intense.
Now how is this suppose to run on a console?
One answer, they dumb it down.
I have no doubts that the sales for this game will be HUGH on the console.
But the PC will be 1,000,000 times better in quality then sales. When people see how much better it can be with a PC they will switch. Especially if they realize that they can connect a PC to a TV and sit on their couch to play and, also use their 360 controller.
Finally costs.
Just look at how many fees Microsoft SHOVE DOWN GAMERS THROATS! WHICH IS PURE PROFIT!
Why do you have to pay an online subscription just to play game you have already paid for?
Its ridiculous to keep paying and paying a company who only wants to control how you spend your money so you can only pay them. Microsoft and Sony.
At least on a PC you pay for it once and you can you play online.
MMOs don't count!
Even free to play MMOs games are no subscription and you don't pay the man for the privilege to play on his network, also known as the INTERNET, which you ALREADY pay for.
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Marfig you are not seeing the BIG picture and, there is no room for slander or denigration of another persons opinion even when he says its an opinion.
The 360 is overly out dated.
There is only room for it in the market because Microsoft is making money and spending it to developers to solely focus on THEIR PRODUCT.
They have no control over PCs, only their console.
There are way too many issues and limitations to stay with a console today compared to a PC.
In 2005 it was debatable to go with a console rather than a PC without direct X 9.1c, but buy 2007 with the release of direct X 10 any game written for it was based on 5 year old technology with direct X 9.
And today we have direct X 11 which was released earlier this year and, no game yet has even come close to maxing any PCs potential with direct X 11 exclusive gaming. BF3 is hopefully going to max out our extreme rigs.
PCs stay with the trend of technology. Consoles CAN NOT!
By today's standards (and yes we will live in the now, not then) PC gaming is the only way to play a decent game with the technology today.
If you are still playing solely on a console then you are paying for a game that has lost 90% (again by today's standards, look at the graph of performance) of potential.
